Linux Onboarding & Support

The Custom Linux ISO

A distributable Linux ISO built to your app stack, with a custom-designed desktop background and lockscreen instead of a stock wallpaper — you hand it to your own users to install.

We build one Linux ISO tuned to your organization: distro base chosen for licensing and stability (Debian, Ubuntu or Mint), desktop environment matched to hardware and user familiarity (XFCE, KDE Plasma, GNOME or Cinnamon), and an app stack mapped to your existing Windows tools — OnlyOffice Desktop Editors as the default Office alternative, plus browsers, a password manager, authenticator apps and VPN clients. A pre-build consultation walks through those choices with you. Our designers then create a desktop background, lockscreen and theme actually designed for legibility and brand consistency, rather than a stock photo with a logo dropped on it — most Linux rollouts skip this step entirely. The engagement covers one base ISO plus one variant (a laptop config and a desktop config, for example). We deliver the ISO file, a Balena Etcher USB guide, and a plain-English install walkthrough. We do not install it on your hardware — this is written for your users or your on-site IT to run themselves, since BIOS/UEFI changes carry real risk if mishandled.

What's included

One base ISO built to a chosen distro, desktop environment and app stack
Pre-build consultation on distro, desktop environment and app-equivalent choices
Custom-designed desktop background, lockscreen and theme (not stock artwork)
One additional variant included (e.g. a laptop config alongside a desktop config)
Balena Etcher USB-creation guide and a plain-English install walkthrough
Testing on representative hardware before delivery

How it works

1
Book it — pay the fixed price, tell us your target environment
2
We deliver — an experienced specialist runs our standard workflow for this exact task; you can watch progress and ask questions
3
Hand-off — you get the deliverables, documentation, and a walkthrough if you want one

FAQ

How fast is delivery?: Standard delivery is within 50 weekday hours (≈ 4 working days). Express delivery — within 30 weekday hours (≈ 2 working days) — costs 25% more.
Do you install this on our devices?: No. We deliver the ISO plus install documentation written for your users or on-site IT to follow. BIOS/UEFI changes can brick a device if mishandled, so this is scoped for people comfortable with that step, not for us to remote in and do it for you.
What if we need more than one variant?: The standard build covers a base ISO plus one variant. Additional variants — a third department config, for instance — are scoped and quoted separately once we know what differs.
Are paid apps like the full OnlyOffice tier or Affinity Linux included?: No — proprietary software is never bundled. We include the installer script and you supply your own license, both for licensing reasons and so you control your own update cadence.

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